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...Maybe entering a building inevitably filled with screaming elementary school students completely adverse to the idea of "seeing where history was made and a nation born" in a panoramic view of Boston isn't exactly appealing, but the John Hancock Building certainly is one of its kind. Not necessarily because it's that tall (nothing compared to New York City or Chicago), but because it has the most militant, bitter and angry security staff on earth. Of course, the Hancock Building's brochure trumpets praises for New England's tallest sky scraper: "come aboard the express elevator and feel...
...architecture of the Hancock tower is definitely striking. Sure, it's big, but the impressive aspect of the building is that is completely made of reflective glass and aggressive angles. Although it is fairly shocking to catch sight of yourself in the wall, the Hancock also reflects beautiful images of Trinity Church and Copley Square along with the posse of skaters who flock around the fountain next store and perch with the pigeons on the statue of Phillips Brooks. But back to the security issues. The Hancock is not exactly the site of surreptitious government activity or important UN operations...
Police say the last two may be related. Oneoccurred on Green & Hancock Streets on Jan. 17,and the other at 854 Mass...
...Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Oriental Languages Peter Machinist '66 also says spending time with his son, who is in seventh grade, keeps him more attuned to popular culture...
...musicians are also beginning to grapple with the wealth of potential standards written after 1960, an off-and-on trend renewed in earnest a few years ago when vocalist Cassandra Wilson turned the Monkees' Last Train to Clarksville into a torchy, caramelized ballad nearly worthy of Billie Holiday. Herbie Hancock followed with The New Standard, an entire album of rock-era tunes in which he improvised on changes derived from the Beatles, Sade and Kurt Cobain, among others. Joshua Redman's forthcoming Timeless Tales (for Changing Times) (Warner Bros.) covers similar ground, with songs by Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder...